Daughters of magic: Esoteric traditions, relational ontology and the archaeology of the post-medieval past

World Archaeology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 609-621

  Herva, Vesa Pekka ^a   Nordqvist, Kerkko ^b   Herva, Anu ^b   Ikäheimo, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alchemy; Folk beliefs; Historical archaeology; Material culture studies; Relational ontology; Western esoteric traditions

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; MATERIAL CULTURE; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 78149394256     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2010.517679     Document Type: Article

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